(A) No work which interferes with the public travel of a street shall commence until a plan for satisfactorily handling the traffic at the places concerned has been approved by the Chief of Police and City Engineer.
(B) The contractor shall open only a reasonable amount of trench in advance of pipe laying, testing, and backfilling. Crossings of main streets and highways shall be kept open for traffic and private roads closed only for a time sufficient for excavation, pipe laying, and backfillings with ample equipment and force.
(C) (1) All operations shall be conducted with the least possible interference to the traveling public and other users of the street. Barricades, fences, signs, lights, signals, and flagpersons shall be provided where considered necessary and when ordered by the City Engineer to ensure the safety of the public or those working on the project.
(2) Advance warning signs of design and wording satisfactory to the Engineer shall be provided at strategic locations designated by the Engineer. Barricades and obstructions shall be protected at night by signal lights, which shall be kept burning from sunset to sunrise. The applicant is solely responsible for the adequacy and costs of protective barricades, signs, lights, and other devices.
(D) (1) The applicant shall be responsible for all damage to bridges, culverts, retaining walls, pavements, surfacing, road beds, and other street structures and facilities and underground installations caused by or resulting from the operations of the applicant or the applicant’s contractors, subcontractors, agents, or employees, or caused by the presence of the line or other facility within the street right-of-way.
(2) The applicant shall take such precautions and shall provide the protection necessary to avoid damage to other street structures and underground facilities, including the dirtying of surfaces as well as more serious damage. The Engineer shall determine whether the damage shall be corrected by repair, replacement or other treatment, or by compensatory payment. The amount of any compensatory damage shall be the amount the Engineer determines to be adequate and reasonable.
(E) The applicant shall be responsible for all damage to or interference with existing utilities such as telephone lines, power lines, gas mains, and any and all other facilities which may now or later come within the street right-of-way in proximity to the applicant’s lines or installations. The applicant shall indemnify and hold harmless the city and its officers and agents against any loss, injury, or damage which the utilities may suffer by reason of the applicant’s operations or by reason of the presence of the pipelines or installations in the street right-of-way.
(F) Materials excavated in connection with the construction or maintenance of pipelines or underground facilities within the street right-of-way and not required for backfilling purposes shall be removed from the street right-of-way and disposed of in a manner satisfactory to the Engineer. All areas occupied by the pipeline operations within the street right-of-way shall be cleaned up and made free from litter and debris, if existing rock or gravel shoulders or surfacing become fouled with earth or other extraneous material by reason of the construction or maintenance of a pipeline or facility covered by the permit, the fouled rock and gravel shall be removed and replaced with clean, new rock or gravel of a kind, quality, and size comparable in all respects with the original rock or gravel.
(G) Excavation and fill requirements, including materials specifications, shall be those approved by the City Engineer and on file in the office of the City Engineer.
(H) All hydrants, valve boxes, and other facilities which appear at ground surface or extend above ground surface shall be placed at grades and locations which will avoid the creation of hazards to the traveling public and which will cause the least inconvenience to the maintenance of the street and street right-of-way.
(I) The applicant shall have all temporary structures, rubbish, and waste materials from an excavation operation removed at the expense of the applicant.
(Prior Code, § 3.230)